well, Duke....you and Ganshert saw it at Four Mile Freakout so no big surprises here. This was taken on the switchbacks heading down to Batopilas....making it earn it's living last March, being ridden from El Paso down and back.

NICE! I have a 950 Adventure for really long range with lots of luggage capacity, but where I live I can easily ride further than the stock tank will allow before finding fuel. How do you like the Acerbis tank? Can you actually use all the fuel, or does some get trapped in the low front "wings"?

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NICE! I have a 950 Adventure for really long range with lots of luggage capacity, but where I live I can easily ride further than the stock tank will allow before finding fuel. How do you like the Acerbis tank? Can you actually use all the fuel, or does some get trapped in the low front "wings"?

Thanks.
I have run dry before; so yes, all of the fuel is usable with the acerbis tank.
The tank is also used on the XR600/XR250 - I bought my red ones (older) off ebay. You just need different mounting brackets.
The white tanks can mark easily with rub marks - especially if you ride in red clay in the rain...
You get used to the tank's design pretty quickly, and when you put the original one back on; the XR400 feels like a 125..:)

If the engine is cold, it may help to turn up the idle screw slightly to aid in warm-up and give the engine a little extra fuel.

Turn the choke to full on.

Pull in the compression release lever, if so equipped, and push the kick-starter through 3 or 4 times. This will prime the engine with fuel.

Without the compression release lever pulled in, slowly push the kick-starter around to get the piston to top dead center. You'll know this when the kick-starter becomes hard to push down (indicating compression stroke).

Allow the kick-starter to return to the top.

Pull the compression release lever in and push the kick-starter down just a little (around an inch and a half or two). This gets the piston just past top dead center.

Let the compression release lever back out and bring the kick-starter back up to the top.

Now push the kick-starter down with as much force as you can and it should fire up. If it doesn't, wait a few seconds and try the procedure again.

Honda XR650R - Ken A. MooreCold engine (cool outside)

Do not twist the throttle, no matter what you think or feel, or you will flood it.

Choke full on, ignition off.

Pull in compression release and kick the engine 4 kicks. This primes the engine.